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Eateries feel economic strain

The economic crisis has taken a bite out of the finance sector, the auto industry and, now, it is chewing into the restaurant business. Local restaurants have been hit with a variety of cost increases this year, from minimum wage increases to fuel surcharges to rising health care costs. While restaurants have absorbed the blows, the slow down in discretionary spending may be a shot to the jaw that some Dayton-area operators can’t recover from. Full Story